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Originally Posted by chuck
I can agree fully or in part with just about everything you say. I'll just add that for me and possibly for some of the protesting players, too, the flag is not symbolic of the federal government but of the entirety of the nation. I see players kneeling not as individuals saying FU Trump or FU McNair or FU police or FU Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals (?), rather I see a united, positive-minded group of concerned citizens taking a submissive posture to urge that we collectively work to make our society better.
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I agree almost all of the protesters see it that way. And I think to many it doesn't matter how perfectly they position their protest, they will still attack the protest because they like their black athletes silent. And I think those who protest are under no obligation to make their protest more palatable to those who disagree.
But I think enough potential allies are turned off by the flag element that a different form of protest would be more effective going forward. And it would expose the hypocrisy of those who claim they only want to protect the flag.
10-30-2017, 02:53 PM
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